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FS Sustainability opens final voting round for ESG Power50

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... live. Readers of FS Sustainability along with FS Super - The Journal of Superannuation Management and FS Advice - The Australian Journal of Financial Planning, as well as the broader Australian business community will have a say in recognising the breadth ...

Decarbonising aluminium key priority for Capral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... plus aluminium manufacturing were about 34 Mt CO2-e, which was 7% of Australia's national emissions, according to the Australian Aluminium Council's February submission to Treasury on forthcoming mandatory climate-related financial disclosures. About ...

Global managers drop out, scale back on Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... managers that are leaving or changing up their relationship with Climate Action 100+ were not lead investors on any Australian-based engagements, local organisers have confirmed. Last week, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and State Street Global Advisors ...

China stock exchange rings in Year of the Dragon with ESG mandate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... been anticipated among investors over the last couple of years and would be beneficial for global investors including Australian ones," BNP Paribas Asset Management Asia Pacific ESG research lead Crystal Geng told FS Sustainability. "Firstly, it will ...

Rest selects Dasseti for ESG due diligence digitisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... disclosures including modern slavery and the likely implementation of mandatory finance-related climate disclosures via the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS).

Climate-committed investor group grows to $35tr AUM

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... managers, increased its membership to represent over $35 trillion in global AUM in 2023, up from $30 trillion in 2022. Australian members increased from almost $5 trillion locally to $3 trillion in 2022. The group advocates for policy change to support ...

Dramatic spike in votes against ASX remuneration: Georgeson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... key issue in 2024, particularly with climate-related financial disclosure legislation mooted that would bring in the Australian version of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) framework. Georgeson advises companies to familiarise themselves ...

Investors back modern slavery compensation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... victim-survivors in Australia. There are at least 1900 victim-survivors of modern slavery in Australia, according to Australian government estimates. Although a criminal offence, there is no national compensation scheme to support victim-survivors. A ...

Rest increases impact investment with Cibus fund allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Rest has invested in an agriculture-focused fund that focuses on sustainable farming, practices and companies. Rest has allocated capital to Cibus Fund II, which "focuses on delivering strong returns through investment opportunities related to the food ...

SIX launches share platform for investors, activists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... shareholder support and file resolutions is out of reach for most investors. "In the last two years alone, only 10 Australian companies received a shareholder resolution on social and environmental issues, compared to 340 resolutions in 2023 alone in ...